by Makaveli on Mon Jan 06, 2014 2:21 pm
I was not a fan. 5/10. Very dumbed down movie, while not terrible, offered nothing redeeming at all. The sex, drugs and language (506 F-bombs from DiCaprio alone) went too far. More detail, please. The lack of backstory on how he built the company is a shame. The objectification of women, while rampant in society, actually made me uncomfortable as a man. Sitting there wondering how the old lady behind me is stereotyping all the man-imals around her. Too much of the bad, not enough of the good. I get it was real, but the film should have provided something redeeming about DiCaprio's character, perhaps simply how hard he worked to get there. Drinking Martinis all day on first day of job doesn't quite do it. The movie "Boiler Room" is similar and far superior.
"A Hundred Times Nothing Killed the Donkey" -- Czech Proverb